Travel Meal Allowance. For approved Business Travel, meal expenses must be reasonable for the region in which they are incurred. The following allowances apply for approved Business Travel in North America: Breakfast – $15.00 per day Lunch – $15.00 per day Dinner - $40.00 per day Incidental - $10.00 per day, cumulative for the duration of the business trip for incidentals only. Receipts are required to claim reimbursement for incidental expenses. Incidental amount does not apply on day of travel home. For destinations in the United States, the amounts are in U.S. currency. For destinations outside North America Meal/Incidental allowances are based on the Canadian currency equivalent of the amounts contained in the Xxxxxx Business Travel Expense summary report excluding hotel, column 1; Low. No Travel Meal Allowance will be paid for employees on Assignment Conditions. A breakfast allowance is not claimable when the employee commences the trip from his or her residence after 7:30 am. When a hotel provides a full breakfast with the room rate, the breakfast per diem is not claimable. A dinner allowance is not claimable when the employee arrives at his or her residence before 6:30pm. Intent is to compensate when an actual expense is occurred – therefore, if staying in a hotel where suitable breakfast is available & included in the hotel charge, breakfast per diems is excluded, or if managers buys employees dinner, dinner per diem is excluded. Intent is also not to provide per diems for part-days when traveling and to travel outside of mealtimes where practicable. For example, if traveling mid-day, travel after lunch if possible and claim only dinner portion of per diem.
Travel Meal Allowance. The following meal allowance rates have been established for reimbursement of meal expenses when an employee is away from their normal work site or when an employee is required by the Company or by geography to travel by air or water within their normal work site. Overnight Rate Non-Overnight Rate* Breakfast $15.00 $18.00 Lunch $25.00 $30.00 Dinner $30.00 $36.00 *Non-overnight rate applies if meal allowance qualifies as taxable income.
Travel Meal Allowance. For approved Business Travel, meal expenses must be reasonable for the region in which they are incurred. Meals and incidentals are reimbursable upon submission of an Expense Report with the required detailed supporting documentation. The following allowances apply for approved Business Travel in North America: Breakfast – $15.00 per day Effective January 23, 2025, increase to $17 per day Lunch – $15.00 per day Effective September 15, 2022, increase to $20 per day Effective January 23, 2025, increase to $22 per day Dinner – $40.00 per day Effective September 15, 2022 increase to $45 per day Effective January 23, 2025, increase to $50 per day Incidental – $10.00 per day, cumulative for the duration of the business trip for incidentals only. Effective September 15, 2022, increase to $11 per day. For destinations in the United States, the amounts are in U.S. currency. For destinations outside North America Meal/Incidental allowances are based on the Canadian currency equivalent of the amounts contained in the Xxxxxx Business Travel Expense summary report excluding hotel, column 1; Low. No Travel Meal Allowance will be paid for employees on Assignment Conditions. A breakfast allowance is not claimable when the employee commences the trip from his or her residence after 7:30 am. When a hotel provides a full breakfast with the room rate, the breakfast per diem is not claimable, unless the employee is working a shift that requires the employee to leave the hotel before the food service begins. A dinner allowance is not claimable when the employee arrives at his or her residence before 6:30pm. Intent is to compensate when an actual expense is incurred; therefore, if staying in a hotel where suitable breakfast is available and included in the hotel charge, breakfast per diems is excluded, or if managers buys employees dinner, dinner per diem is excluded. Intent is also not to provide per diems for partial days when traveling and to travel outside of mealtimes where practicable. For example, if traveling mid-day, travel after lunch if possible and claim only dinner portion of per diem.
Travel Meal Allowance. The Employer will endeavour when possible (without incurring additional cost) to provide two (2) half (1/2) hour, uninterrupted paid meal breaks (at their assigned station) for each crew between four (4) and six (6) hours and between eight (8) and ten (10) hours after the start of a twelve (12) hour shift. Due to circumstance beyond the control of the employer and in recognition of the demands on employees, the employer agrees to pay each year, on April 1st, a Travel/Meal Allowance of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to full-time employees and two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to part-time employees as compensation for meals while on duty.
